New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-19

It is no new thing to say that the strectS Oh
this CITY are in terrible condition; but 1t Is
a painful fact that they never were SO bad as
they arc to-day. In the more insignificant
streets the pavements are utterly worn out
and in the principal thoroughfares there are
countless trenches wide and deep, filled with
workmen laying different kinds OF pipes.
Under such conditions travel and business
traffic are almost impossible. Madison Square
and lower Broadway are simply awful. There
as elsewhere nothing seems to get done-and
nobody seems to care. Yet the city is in the
hands of "reform" Democratic Admins
trationi
Now that the struggle for the baseball
remnants is practically over. the interest OF
tho admirers of this sanguinary sport, during
the next few weeks, will centre In the games
to be played between the winners In tho
League the Detrots, and the victorious club
in the American Association, the st. Louis
nine. This will keep up the excitement until
the snow flies, and then the verdict concerning
the whole season will be handed In From
the New Workers point of view it has been
a wearing and a bad season. The local club,
which contains excellent material, has done
about as badly as it could owing to its man.
accment; and the worst Of it is, that same
management will probably be allowed to go
on mismanaging for years to come.
The way the Scotchmen reason out victory
for the Thistle in the international race Is
something like this On Friday, on the nine
mile reach, over which the Mayhower, the
Volunteer and the Thistle were all sailing
tho Scotch cutter kept even with the May
flower, which was defeated by the Volunteer
by only l minute and SO seconds. Yet the
Thistle had two boats On her davits, dingy
towing behind and foul bottoms and her
'topsa was not set. Evidently she was not
doing her best and is it not likely that when
she is in perfect condition the foreigner will
be able to overcome the 1 minute and 69
seconds? The case is well argued, but there
is no certainty about the Thiste's ability to do
so much better than she has done, though 1t
is probable that in the great races the Volun-
tcer will sail better than ever before.
The Brooklyn police are puzzled about a
case of shooting the victim OF which is a
healthy young fellow of twenty, member OF
the 23d Regiment and known and liked among
q largo circle of friends. He says burglar
shot him in the arm on Friday night In his
room, and that he fired two shots in return
Mt tho intruder. There is the wound, and
there are the marks of two other bullets in
the wall as well as pile of plumber which
had apparently been made up to be carried
away. Unfortunately the bullet holes are all
in tho wrong direction to have been fred in
accordance with the story the youth tells.
and the sleeve on his wounded arm is burned
as il the pistol had been held close, which he
says is not the case. A love of notoriety or
desire to excite sympathy must be the motive
of tho performance, If the police theory is
correct.
Free traders who are open to conviction
alas they seem to be fcw-should read a
sketch of the Clark Thread manufactures Of
Newark, given in our Trenton letter. 1t
shows what the Protective Tariff has done for
that industry and that city already and what
IL promises to do In the future. The business
is of Scotch origin. but our tariff was against
1t a. long as it stayed in Scotland; so 1t emil
grated thither and brought with it hundreds
Of honest Scotch workingmen who for years
have earned higher wages than they could
have earned at home. And now the capacity
Of tho works 10 TO be doubled to give labor
to hundreds more. Another business the
manufacture OF linolcum, has also been at
tlacted from Scotland to Newark. and 500
moro workmen win soon be busily employed